causal
Putin's two-step plan: weak NATO and weak Ukraine
Putin wants two things—a weak NATO (achieved by the US leaving) and a weak Ukraine that cannot survive on the battlefield and cannot build a strong relationship with Trump—because these two steps together would enable a large-scale war across former Soviet-era Europe to bring it all back under Russian control.
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Speaker
Volodymyr ZelenskyyEvidence Quote
“I think these two steps, leaving NATO and Ukraine's weakness will lead to a large-scale war, which Putin will wage on all the territories of that post-Soviet Europe.”
Created: 6/13/2026, 3:19:42 AM
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